Comments:

mattie gee - 2005-01-05 08:53:35
yep. parades. throw in some horse poop and that's it. well, don't throw it in, shovel it i guess.
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Karen - 2005-01-05 09:09:53
Yet another reason the south scares me: scary parades.
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Squeakster - 2005-01-05 09:13:41
Forget the parade. What about the snarled traffic trapping innocent people who have other activities on their agenda that day? Blocked major intersections, traffic guards motioning for car after car to queue up to go no where, then me, the idiot that's trying to escape and go the opposite direction and the resultant helicopter chase (Oops!).
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Andy - 2005-01-05 09:17:09
Thanks Bob. My uncle was killed in the great cream corn factory explosion of '81. Thanks for bringing that painful memory back up.
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Sue - 2005-01-05 09:23:24
Creamed corn is awful. It's a waste of otherwise good corn. But if you think the average parade is bad, try watching the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia some day. No, you don't actually have to go to Philadelphia for it; there's people who think it's so wonderful that it needs to be televised. Mummers scare me way more than clowns ever could.
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Al - 2005-01-05 09:45:34
My father LOVES parades. Fortunately, some genes skip a generation and get passed on to my kids. That being said, my wife and I were fortunate enough to participate in the king of all parades, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Think 20 degrees, smelly 30 yr old kangaroo suit, hopping for 1.5 miles at the barking instruction of the special kangaroo choreographer..HOP HOP! HOP HOP!
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whyme63 - 2005-01-05 09:58:33
That parade tirade kinda made me homesick...small-town Iowa,1970s. But what about little kids dressed in costumes, with crepe paper decorations on their bikes?
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michelle - 2005-01-05 10:49:32
God bless the almighty creamed corn.
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Dea - 2005-01-05 11:00:56
the small town I live in had a parade for christmas and it was really small but there was a lull in it so traffic could pass...
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Sarah - 2005-01-05 11:41:51
I was a Girl Scout for many years, and thus forced to march in the holiday parades. In a COSTUME. The best year was when it was raining-- we got to the bridge downtown, and my father (who was walking along the route, to walk me home later) yelled out, "Sarah! This is bullshit! Do you wanna get out now, or walk all the way?!" and I yelled out, "I wanna leave noowww!!" I believe that was my last year in a parade... thank god....
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Spamneggs - 2005-01-05 11:44:46
Cojo would suck your prostate dry if you asked nicely.
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erica - 2005-01-05 13:15:09
Someone ask Al what kangaroos have to do with Thanksgiving. Good entry UB. I want to hear more about your hatred of Cojo.
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no clue - 2005-01-05 14:08:44
what is a mummer ??
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Jill - 2005-01-05 14:54:04
I agree with Spamneggs completely! That Cojo's one scary dude/chick. Hope you tell of your hatred soon!
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Kitty - 2005-01-05 15:14:38
Stupid northerners, you guys have lame ass parades too so I guess the north is just as scary, no, even MORE scary than the south. Damn northerners. Anyway, parades suck, wheter they're in the north, south, east, or west. They always block traffic & are so boring! And a parade w/ cream corn in it???! YUCK! Very funny entry today, UB. :)
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timbrat - 2005-01-05 17:12:45
I actually like parades, as a whole. Good thing, too, because in San Antonio, we have about a million of them, both on the Riverwalk and through downtown. Alas, it seems every single high school only plays "Dr. Who" which sounds ASS-Y when a high school band plays it. Last year, during the Flambeau parade, we heard SEVEN bands play it. Ack.
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cosmicrayola - 2005-01-05 17:20:11
I hate parades so much I don't even watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. Watching paint dry is more exciting.
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jafer - 2005-01-05 19:08:14
Who the hell is cojo? And is it a man or a woman?
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Libragirl - 2005-01-05 19:46:54
I loved the Mummers Day Parade. Drunk men in dresses giving out beads and boas...it was a blast (well, 2003-2004's was) Otherwise - parades - eh How's about the street fairs that pop up all over Manhattan and block traffic every f'nin weekend in the spring and summer. Seriously, how much fried dough can one city eat UMMMMMM fried dough.
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Muffin - 2005-01-05 20:03:29
In Dallas we have the annual "gay pride" parade wherein creamed corn is given a whole new meaning, and appreciation.
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awittykitty - 2005-01-05 23:12:05
I went to a parade in October which had a block long nuclear warhead on wheels (I live in a Blue State). It was really cool...though not covered with kleenex. Sadly I feel deprived.
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Terra - 2005-01-06 00:03:25
You forgot the blaring firetruck and getting bashed in the face by mass amounts of candy. Man, what the mess is that Cojo person and what does it do?
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Terra - 2005-01-06 00:06:27
I looked that thing up and HIS name is Steven Cojocaru. He's a designer, but damn it son. He looks like a girl! I feel sorry about his kidney transplant though... And he don't look 40.
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